Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1967 - 1968 TV-PG 25m 7.8

In 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons from Mars.

In the year 2068, Earth receives a mysterious signal from Mars, a newly formed international intelligence and anti-terrorist organization, Spectrum, whose agents are code-named according to various colors, sends one of their top agents, Captain Black, on a mission to find the signal source. He and his crew discover a hidden alien race called The Mysterons, who are curious about Earth and its inhabitants and send signals to meet new life. However Black mistakes a camera for a cannon and orders an attack on the Mysteron complex. This misunderstanding provokes the Mysterons to declare a war of nerves on Earth and throughout the series, they continually make terrorist threats to either kill VIPs such as world leaders, destroy locations such as cities and countries, and in some cases even entire continents. They then attempt to follow through with their threats by using what the Mysterons call "the ability of Retrometablism", simply put they can create an exact duplicate of anyone or anything they kill/destroy and it will be under their control. The Mysteron's first act is to take over Captain Black's mind who then becomes the Mysterons top agent on earth. Meanwhile, Spectrum is put in charge of combating the Mysterons, and when one of their other top agents Captin Scarlet is killed and subjected to the Mysteron duplication process, but he was still alive at the time and as a result, his clone was able to shake off the Mysterons' control. This event gives Scarlet the added side effect of being virtually indestructible and impossible to kill, he can survive any wound as he will eventually heal himself to full recovery. This leaves Captain Scarlet to become Spectrums' greatest asset in the fight against the Mysterons. As an agent of Spectrum, Captain Scarlet is under the leadership of Colonel White, who with the help of his right-hand man, Lieutenant Green are ready to mobilize Spectrum forces at a moment's notice from the airborne aircraft carrier called Cloudbase stationed high above the clouds. These include its fighter squadron, The Angels (5 beautiful yet deadly and skilled female combat pilots) piloting their Angel Interceptors as well as a fleet of other Spectrum Vehicles such as the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicles (SPV), the Spectrum Saloon Cars (SSC), the Spectrum Passenger Jets (SPJ) and the Spectrum Helicopters among the many others. So when a Mysteron threat is announced Captain Scarlet together with his partner, Captain Blue as well as the other Spectrum Captain's seen in the series Captain Ocher, Captain Magenta, and Captain Gray, must be constantly vigilant to fight against the deadly alien menace of the Mysterons from Mars.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Mysterons

1. The Mysterons

Aired: Sep 29, 1967

After a misunderstanding on the planet Mars, a war is started between humans ...

Episode 2 Winged Assassin

2. Winged Assassin

Aired: Oct 6, 1967

The Mysterons second target is the Director General of the United Asian Repub...

Episode 3 Big Ben Strikes Again

3. Big Ben Strikes Again

Aired: Oct 13, 1967

The Mysterons threaten to blow up London with a bomb they have stolen. Spectr...

Episode 4 Manhunt

4. Manhunt

Aired: Oct 20, 1967

A manhunt begins for former spectrum officer Captain Black after a failed bre...

Episode 5 Avalanche

5. Avalanche

Aired: Oct 27, 1967

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Spac...

Episode 6 White as Snow

6. White as Snow

Aired: Nov 3, 1967

The Mysterons threaten to kill Colonel White and after their initial attempt ...

Episode 7 The Trap

7. The Trap

Aired: Nov 10, 1967

Following the latest Mysteron threat, Scarlet is dispatched to supervise secu...

Episode 8 Operation Time

8. Operation Time

Aired: Nov 17, 1967

The Mysterons' cryptic threat to "kill time" has the Spectrum personnel stump...

Episode 9 Spectrum Strikes Back

9. Spectrum Strikes Back

Aired: Nov 24, 1967

Spectrum attends a secret conference to demonstrate two new anti Mysteron gad...

Episode 10 Special Assignment

10. Special Assignment

Aired: Dec 1, 1967

The Mysterons threaten to obliterate North America, but Spectrum is left with...

Episode 12 Lunarville 7

12. Lunarville 7

Aired: Dec 15, 1967

When the Lunar Controller announces the Moon's independence from Earth in the...

Episode 13 Point 783

13. Point 783

Aired: Dec 22, 1967

When the Mysterons threaten the life of the Supreme Commander of Earth Forces...

Episode 14 Model Spy

14. Model Spy

Aired: Dec 29, 1967

The Mysterons target fashion designer Andre Verdain, secret controller of the...

Episode 15 Seek and Destroy

15. Seek and Destroy

Aired: Jan 5, 1968

When the Mysterons threaten to kill one of the Angels, Scarlet and Blue are s...

Episode 16 Renegade Rocket

16. Renegade Rocket

Aired: Jan 19, 1968

The Mysterons engineer the launch of a Variable Geometry Rocket from Base Con...

Episode 17 Crater 101

17. Crater 101

Aired: Jan 26, 1968

Scarlet, Blue and Green volunteer for a dangerous mission to remove the power...

Episode 18 Shadow of Fear

18. Shadow of Fear

Aired: Feb 2, 1968

Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite...

Episode 19 Dangerous Rendezvous

19. Dangerous Rendezvous

Aired: Feb 9, 1968

Using the Mysteron pulsator recovered from the complex in Crater 101, Dr Kurn...

Episode 20 Fire at Rig 15

20. Fire at Rig 15

Aired: Feb 16, 1968

When the Mysterons threaten to immobilise the whole of Spectrum, Scarlet and ...

Episode 21 Treble Cross

21. Treble Cross

Aired: Feb 23, 1968

Captain Black engineers the death of chief test pilot Major Gravener, who is ...

Episode 22 Flight 104

22. Flight 104

Aired: Mar 1, 1968

When the Mysterons threaten to sabotage a vital conference at Lake Toma in Sw...

Episode 23 Place of Angels

23. Place of Angels

Aired: Mar 8, 1968

Mysteron agent Judith Chapman steals a phial of deadly K14 virus - enough to ...

Episode 24 Noose of Ice

24. Noose of Ice

Aired: Mar 12, 1968

Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are thre...

Episode 25 Expo 2068

25. Expo 2068

Aired: Mar 26, 1968

A lorry carrying an atomic core reactor to the new Manicougan power complex f...

Episode 26 The Launching

26. The Launching

Aired: Apr 2, 1968

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy President Roberts within twelve hours,...

Episode 27 Codename Europa

27. Codename Europa

Aired: Apr 9, 1968

The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most p...

Episode 28 Inferno

28. Inferno

Aired: Apr 16, 1968

Captain Scarlet and the rest of Spectrum are in a desperate race against time...

Episode 29 Traitor

29. Traitor

Aired: Apr 23, 1968

The ultimate mind game is unleashed, Spectrum, turned against itself. Captain...

Episode 30 Flight to Atlantica

30. Flight to Atlantica

Aired: Apr 30, 1968

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy the World Navy Complex at Atlantica, B...

Episode 31 Attack on Cloudbase

31. Attack on Cloudbase

Aired: May 7, 1968

After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-...

Episode 32 The Inquisition

32. The Inquisition

Aired: May 14, 1968

Captain Blue disappears from a restaurant. He awakes to find it is 3 months l...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: Associated Television

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Family, Mystery, War, Sci-Fi, Action